Horological Meandering

This is a ref. 11683 with an AS 1701 movement. Jubilee-type Rado bracelet. As far as I could gather some 8000 pieces were produced in the ca. 1963-1968 time frame. Cheers, HSTE ...  

great pictures

Cheers, Emmanuel

I like Adolf Schild motors. Fine in every watch.

I have the re-issue from Rado but of course nothing beats the original !!

What a simple but clean looking diver yet another vintage beauty enjoy and wear it in good health; Marc

What is that below the 12 marker?

An anchor on a ruby which can spin around and usually points downwards Cheers, HSTE

And the two Seahorses on the case back are such a nice detail. No Wonder the relaunch was a success, too 👏🏻

… diving watch very representative of the dive watches of the early 1960’s. Even the caseback is very attractive. Regarding the Rado Anchor emblem y read somewhere (regret I don’t remember where!) that it served to announce the owner that a service is req...  

bracelet is the icing on the cake! I never heard the story about the anchor being an indicator for service requirement. But this could make sense. With my watch the same: the anchor is quite immovable but the watch runs perfectly. Cheers, HSTE

The original box is so charming as well! Keep enjoying it so much!! Cheers, Abel